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MTN Foundation Gears Up To Launch An Exciting Season 7 Of MTN Heroes Of Change – The MTN Ghana Foundation has announced that it will launch Season 7 of its flagship MTN Heroes of Change programme on 4th September 2024 at the MTN House in Accra. MTN Heroes of Change …

A Fraudster And Scammer: How Matthew Nortey Scams People Online Revealed – A young Ghanaian identified as Mathew Adjei Nortey is trending across social media platforms for the wrong reasons. It is noted that the Young guy uses being a technology content creator on YouTube as a yardstick for fraud …

No Ghana Card, No Salary: Public Sector Workers Warned – Ghana’s Controller and Accountant General Department (CAGD) has issued a stern warning to public sector workers, declaring a new policy that emphasizes the importance of possessing a Ghana Card for salary disbursement. In a bid to streamline public sector operations …

Five Illegal Miners Jailed 125 Years For Mining In River Ankobra – Five illegal miners who were caught mining in the Ankobra River without authority have been sentenced to a total of 125 years imprisonment in hard labour. Richard Kumasi, Fiamahe Jerry John, Korblavi Kumasi, Daniel Afenu, and Matthew Gedie, …

Goaso Krontihene Found Dead – The lifeless body of Nana Yenhyira Kwadwo Kumah, the Krontihene of the Goaso Traditional Area in the Ahafo Region, has been discovered in a bush near the town. The discovery has thrown the entire Goaso township into a state of mourning. The Ahafo Regional Police …

Females Account For Two-Thirds Of New HIV Infections In Ghana – The Ghana AIDS Commission has indicated that females account for two-thirds of total new HIV infections in Ghana. Out of the total 16,574 new HIV infections recorded in Ghana in the 2022 National and Sub-National HIV/AIDS estimates and projections, …

NDC Youth To Protest 10% Betting Tax – The youth wing of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has unveiled a sequence of measures aimed at compelling the government to retract the 10% betting tax. This move is a direct response to what they view as a weighty taxation policy that …

Volta Regional Health Directorate Denies HIV Outbreak At Ho Technical University – The Volta Regional Health Directorate, under the Ghana Health Service, has refuted claims circulating on social media about an alleged HIV/AIDS outbreak at Ho Technical University. Initial reports, originating from a blog, alleged that more than 400 students …

Patients In Danger As Ghanaian Nurses Head For UK’s NHS – The recruitment of nurses by high-income countries from poorer nations is “out of control”, according to the head of one of the world’s biggest nursing groups. The comments come as the BBC finds evidence of how Ghana’s health system …